Boys and girls wanna hear a true story
Saturday night, was at this real wild party
They had the liquor over flowing the cup
About five, six strippers, trying to work for a buck
And, i took one girl outside with me
Her name was mylene she went to junior high with me
I said, why you up in there dancin' for cash
I guess a whole lot has changed since i seen you last
She said
What would you do if your son was at home
crying all alone on the bedroom floor, cause he's hungry
and the only way to feed him is to strip for a man,
for a little bit of money, and his daddy's gone
somewhere smokin' rock now in and out of lock down
I got a job now
so for you this is just a good time,
but for me this is what i call life
Girl, you ain't the only one with a baby
That's no excuse to be livin all crazy
Then she looked me right square in the eye,
Every day i wake up hopin' to die
She said nigger i know about pain cause,
Me and my sister ran away so my daddy couldn't rape us
Before i was a teenager, i had been through more shit, you can't even relate to
What would you do if your son was at home
crying all alone on the bedroom floor, cause he's hungry
and the only way to feed him is to strip for a man,
for a little bit of money, and his daddy's gone
somewhere smokin' rock now in and out of lock down
I got a job now,
so for you this is just a good time,
but for me this is what i call life
Then she said
(What would you do?)
Get up on my feet and let go of every excuse
(what would you do?)
cause i wouldn't want my baby to go through what i went through
(what would you do?)
Get up on my feet and stop making tired excuses
(What would you do?)
Girl i know if my mother can do it, baby you can do it
yea, yea, yea
What would you do if your son was at home
crying all alone on the bedroom floor, cause he's hungry
and the only way to feed him is to strip for a man,
for a little bit of money, and his daddy's gone
somewhere smokin' rock now in and out of lock down
I got a job now,
so for you this is just a good time,
but for me this is what i call life
What would you do if your son was at home
crying all alone on the bedroom floor, cause he's hungry
and the only way to feed him is to strip for a man,
for a little bit of money, and his daddy's gone
somewhere smokin' rock now in and out of lock down
I got a job now
so for you this is just a good time,
but for me this is what i call life
What would you do if your sone was at home
crying all alone on the bedroom floor, cause he's hungry
and the only way to feed him is to strip for a man,
for a little bit of money, and his daddy's gone
somewhere smokin' rock now in and out of lock down
I got a job now,
so for you this is just a good time,
but for me this is what i call life
